Belgium yesterday achieved the qualification for Euro 2024 thanks to a hard-fought win at home against Austria (2-3) in a match marked by the absence of the three most important players of the golden era of red devil: Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne and Thibaut Courtois.
The winger announced his retirement this week at the age of 32 and the player of city and the goalkeeper was injured. DeBruyne will return to play in the coming weeks while Courtois He still has a long way to go to complete the recovery from the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that he suffered on August 10.
The goalkeeper of Madrid, considered the best in the world in his position, is not guaranteed to be present at Euro 2024 in Germany for several reasons. First, it is not certain that he will be 100% recovered from his serious injury when the tournament begins which will be held from June 14 to July 14, despite the fact that Courtois’ goal is to be available to Carlo Ancelotti in the final stretch. it is from time.
The other reason has to do with the earthquake that occurred in June within the Red Devils, when the goalkeeper decided to abandon his team’s training camp because he was not named captain in the absence of DeBruyne. Courtois claimed some trouble but his decision turned out to be ugly. Domenico Tedescocurrent coach after the departure of Roberto Martínez at the end of Qatar World Cup.
“We didn’t expect something like this. In March we decided that De Bruyne would be the captain and Lukaku and Courtois on equal terms as vice-captains. We have decided that Lukaku will wear the armband against Austria and Courtoi against Estonia. Everything was fine, but after the game he told me he was upset and was going home. I tried to talk to him because it was a difficult decision. We have a good relationship. For me nothing has changed, but he made a difficult decision. I also have to assimilate it and he has to give me explanations. “After that, we’ll see,” he said then. Tedesco.
Courtois He responded a few hours later with a powerful message on Instagram. “Being or not being the captain of the national team is not a whim or a random decision, it should be his decision and that is what I tried to convey to him. Unfortunately I did not reach my goal,” he commented. Courtois.
“I insisted that in no case did I ask for anything and I spoke to my partner Romelu Lukaku to clarify any circumstances related to this situation. At the same time, I would like to clarify that I did not have any discussion on any similar topic with any teammate, as stated,” the goalkeeper said.
Right now Courtois has detractors and defenders in the national team. Lukaku went out of his way this week to extend his hand to his teammate, saying “if he decides to come back, I’ll be the first to meet him.” Castagne said that “it’s strange if Thibaut came back as if nothing had happened.”
A serious knee injury kept him out of the qualifying matches for the European Cup but his presence at the German tournament is up in the air. According to Ok Diario, Courtois He will seriously consider ending his career with the Belgian national team at the age of 32 to focus on Madrid for his disagreements with the leadership.
Source: La Verdad
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